Israel's ambassador to Jordan presents credentials to King Abdullah II

Weissbrod was appointed in February, and arrived in Amman in April, nine
months after a stabbing and shooting incident at the Israeli embassy
compound in Amman sent ties into a tailspin.
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It took nearly five months, but Israel’s envoy in Amman, Amir
Weissbrod, presented his credentials to King Abdullah II on Sunday and
Israel again officially has an ambassador in the Hashemite Kingdom.

Weissbrod was appointed in February, and arrived in Amman in April, nine
months after a stabbing and shooting incident at the Israeli embassy
compound in Amman sent ties into a tailspin.A Foreign Ministry spokesman
said there was nothing unusual about the amount of time Weissbrod
waited to present his credentials, saying that it is normal practice to
wait until a number of ambassadors arrive and have them present their
credentials at the same time.

Jordan’s Petra News Agency posted six pictures of ambassadors on its
website, including Weissbrod, presenting their credentials to Abdullah
on Sunday, but did not identify any of them, writing instead, “The King
accepts the credentials of a number of ambassadors.”

Weissbrod succeeded Einat Schlein, who the Jordanians demanded be
replaced following an incident in July 2017 when an embassy security
official, who was attacked by a man wielding a screwdriver, responded by
shooting and killing the assailant and a bystander.

The guard, Schlein and the embassy staff were returned home shortly
afterward, and the Jordanians were infuriated that the guard received a
“hero’s welcome” from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with Schlein in
attendance.

This put a severe crimp in ties with Jordan, with Amman demanding a trial and compensation.

In January, just before a visit to Jordan and Israel by US Vice
President Mike Pence, an agreement was reached putting an end to the
affair.

Israel expressed regret, but did not apologize for the incident. The
Jordanian media reported that Israel paid $5 million in reparations for
the death of the two men in the embassy compound, as well as for a
Jordanian judge killed in an incident at the Allenby Bridge in 2014.

Weissbrod is one of the ministry’s senior diplomats, having directed the
Middle East Bureau in the Foreign Ministry’s Center for Political
Research for more than four years.

Prior to that, he served as director of the Syria, Lebanon and Palestinian desks inside the center.

He also worked in the embassy in Jordan from 2001 to 2004 as the first
secretary in charge of media and political affairs. In addition, he
served in Israel’s Liaison Bureau in Morocco from 1997 to 1999.
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